Santiago de Compostela

We are spending two days in Santiago, before Mike heads back to the USA and I head to Italy.  I concelebrated the pilgrim Mass yesterday with priests and pilgrims from Brazil, Korea, Japan, France, Canada, Guatamala, and the USA.  We had a rare treat at the end of Mass, something that doesn't happen every day - the botafumeiro, or giant incensor, was swung from the dome of the Cathedral.  It was a thrill to see the smoke and flames flying through the transept of the Cathedral.  I hope to post a video, taken by a pilgrim from our group, who sat right underneath the swinging censor.  Here are some photos of the Cathedral, and St. James riding a white horse.  Tradition says that he appeared in the 9th century to lead the Christians in driving out the Moors.  It has been a "buen camino."